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The accordion family : boomerang kids, anxious parents, and the private toll of global competition /

Newman, Katherine S., 1953-

The accordion family : boomerang kids, anxious parents, and the private toll of global competition / Katherine S. Newman. - Boston : Beacon Press, c2012. - xxiii, 261 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The slippery state of adulthood -- Why are accordion families spreading? -- In-house adulthood -- I'm ok, you are not -- When the nest doesn't empty -- Trouble in paradise -- The birth dearth and the "immigrant menace".

9780807007433 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2011027846


Parent and adult child.
Adult children--Family relations.
Competition, International.

HQ755.86 / .N4888 2012

306.874084/6

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